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Wrapper: USA Connecticut Shade
Filler: Dominican Republic
Size: No. 6 (5.5×52)
Strength: Mild-Medium
In my long history of smoking cigars I will never forget my first Ashton Cabinet. It was my first foray into a higher priced stick, …
The Oettinger Davidoff Group, owner of Davidoff, Avo, and the newly acquired Camacho brands, has added another company to their arsenal: Cusano Cigars.
Cusano Cigars will act as a pricing extension to the Davidoff portfolio. Cusano …
Alliance Time, a New York City company, has brought the Colibri back from the grave by purchasing the inventory, intellectual holdings, and trademarks. Purchased at auction, the new group will attempt to return the Colibri …
“Joe Camel will be given a life sentence and put away forever,” said Richard Durbin of Illinois, the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat.
The Senate has voted to give the FDA power to restrict how some tobacco …
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo
Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua
Size: Toro (6 x 54)
Strength: Medium
Construction: Ortsac 1962 was really well constructed, didn’t have any major veins protruding and had the typical corojo colored wrapper. I’m not sure if …
Wrapper: Sumatra
Filler: Nicaragua
Size: Robusto(5 x 50)
Strength: Medium
Construction: The Rocky Patel Spring Collection 2009 did not have the best construction. This Rocky cigar had lots of veins and even started cracking during our smoke session. Some …
Whenever you think of someone smoking a premium cigar in a movie from the 40′s-50′s you always think of them lighting it with a Zippo. Then in the 70’s and 80’s anyone lighting a cigarette …
Imagine a cigar convention that has been held for 78 years in a row. Well, there is one, and it will be held for the 79th time this year. The International Premium Cigar & …
When I first saw this book I noticed the size and thought to myself there is no way that a book only 160 pages long could really teach you all you need to know. …
Sad news for those who support Cuban cigar industry, and the Habanos S A corporation in particular. According to the Imperial Tobacco Ltd.’s 2011 annual report, their sales have significantly decreased while their revenues dropped …
Don’t worry if you have not heard of villiger stokkeby I had not before this either, so I did some research. So villager is an extremely well known pipe tobacco manufacture and recently decided to …
Bryan White is the founder of 13th Floor Cigars based out of Gilbert, Arizona. He has taken some time out of his busy schedule to sit down with puffingcigars.com and gives us a little more …
They are simple humans, exactly as we are (just a little more famous than the rest of the world:)). These people are celebrities we (almost) all admire and like watching on TV or hearing on …
There are so many cigar websites out there that you could discover a new one every day. While I was smoking my Hoyo De Monterrey Epicure Especial cigars (delicious, by the way), I decided to …